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Thread: Carbine length gas system mated to a A2 lower with rifle buffer and spring lower?

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    Quote Originally Posted by markm View Post
    Can work... but is the reason for the USMC wanting the A5 set up... to keep the rifle buffer characteristics with a slider stock.
    My dad shoots a rifle upper on a carbine lower but he's old and cranky and will never spring the $$$ for an A5. He's got several thousand rounds through it and only one misfeed (a bad case) but doesn't run it very hard. I worry the combo is a reliability risk for HD but don't have enough experience to know why.

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    Last edited by ChocLab; 07-13-13 at 14:28.
    Realization/Goal for me, average civilian shooter: Spend at least 5 hours dry firing, drills, shooting, getting proper live instruction for every 1 hour spent surfing forums about equipment set up.

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    Pretty much what everyone else said, it runs perfectly and the extra weight in the back balances it out pretty nicely.


    1200 rounds since her last real cleaning and she hasn't skipped a beat.
    Last edited by BringMeTheHorizon; 02-02-12 at 14:28.

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    Search finally answered my question.. and it only took most of the day reading.. 8) Ron

    PS: The question was "will my BCM 16" mid-length upper run on my Colt MT6700 rifle lower.. as is".. WHOOHOO.. It should arrive tomorrow..
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    I find myself irrationally attracted to the look of markm's A2 SBR...
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    Quote Originally Posted by rackham1 View Post
    What about the reverse... rifle length upper on a carbine buffer/spring lower?
    My varmint gun is a 20" rifle gas with a carbine buffer and extension. I don't run it hard but it has yet to have a malfunction that wasn't caused by my not seating the mag properly.
    Shoots mighty soft. At 125 yards on 5x magnification I can see the impact.
    I plan to add the A5 system one of these days but I'm a frugal bastard and it hasn't broken yet.

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    Thats absolutely beautiful my friend.
    Quote Originally Posted by markm View Post
    It'll work better than a carbine buffer and spring.

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    Quote Originally Posted by markm View Post
    It'll work better than a carbine buffer and spring.



    i know ..i know ..old thread... but dang !! that is a right smart lookin carbine !
    i started this life with nothing.....kept most of it.

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    My working carbine is a 16" upper w/ carbine length gas an A2 butt stock with a a rifle buffer. Works great for my diminutive 5'16" 110 ......Kgs that is frame. A few thousand rounds and the only stoppages has been patently bad ammo.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rackham1 View Post
    What about the reverse... rifle length upper on a carbine buffer/spring lower?
    The combination works fine
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